Old 05-18-2011, 12:05 PM
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emmah
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Originally Posted by SandraAnn
Originally Posted by sewgull
Check your top tension, it may be to loose. The fleece may be the problem, cover the feed dog area.
I am not sure what you mean by cover the feed dog area?
My Kenmore machine doesn't drop the feed dogs, so I have to cover them with a piece of plastic. If you can drop them, you don't need to do that.
You might find a quilting/embroidery foot a help. It has a circular part that contacts the fabric, and a spring loaded shaft that keeps even pressure on the fabric. They are not too expensive. I find it really makes a difference when I am doing squiggly machine quilting.
For straight quilting and stitch in the ditch, I use a walking foot that keeps the fabric from scrunching and puckering. (They are a bit more expensive--between 15 and 25 dollars--you just need to get one that matches the height of your foot--either low shank or high shank.
Hope this helps.
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